Exercise

Whats all you guys opinion on exercise in pregnancy?

All this year I've gone through spurts of going really hard out with my exercise to loose my baby weight with a lot of running on the treadmill. I gained 30kg with Daniel and I do NOT want to do that again, it's taken me almost 18 months to get 2kg lower than my pre-preg weight I was with Daniel.

I've been taking things very easy and resting, pretty much doing no exercise at all hoping this bubba will be sticky but I'm feeling guilty that I'm not doing anything. I have a scan next week to check out where this one has made it's home at but I don't feel like this one is another ectopic. I can't say why but I just don't think that it is.

Noticing my belly this morning has expanded alot over the past few days has motivated me to think about exercise but I don' tknow how much I should do

I go to the pool with Daniel but because he needs constant supervision and I have to hold him in the big pool it's not the best of exercise lol. I have no motivation for exercise in the evenings so I can't go after DH gets home from work.

I can do walking on the treadmill. At least I can watch a movie while doing it lol

Walking is about all I'd be doing if I was you right now. My midwife has only just given me the ok to start pre-natal yoga.

Don't feel hard on yourself for not doing exercise, your actually do the best thing for you and this little sticky bean. Take it easy, enjoy doing a little yoga and spending time with Daniel and then when you get the all clear for this pregnancy start doing some exercise then. Remember that tummy is going to expand more over the coming months.

14kg is better than 30! lol

Its hard watching what I eat because I'm starving and my sweet tooth is on overdrive.

I would suggest walking regularly too. I did this when I was pregnant with Sebastien and also looking after an active toddler is enough exercise! I have lost my pregnancy weight pretty quickly second time around with having two children to look after.

Before pregnancy I did Taekwondo and rock climbing 8 - 12 hours a week.

I got the all-clear to do some rock climbing (on top rope only) from my ob-gyn as soon as we were past 12 weeks.

I climbed until I was 8 months pregnant and was just too big and tired.

I still put on 20kg's

With Oliver I carried on going to the gym up until about 26 weeks and then walked until the end. WIth Harry I was busy with working and having a toddler and found it really hard to fit in exercise when I felt so tired. The strange thing is that I put on about the same weight each time. Harry was a much bigger baby though. Not sure whether the exercise made no difference or whether chasing a toddler was just exercise enough!!!

I also think having muscle under the fat stores helps the weight drop off after baby is born.

My vote is for aqua jogging - I get too sore going walking (not to mention it's too blimmin hot). Aqua jogging keeps you nice and cool and is no impact, and I go for an hour at a time and feel so fantastic afterwards . Only problem is I get heartburn while I'm doing it, mind you I get heartburn about 23.5 hours of the day so yeah

I'd go for it just done over do it.  As Fiona said if its a sticky it will stick.  I agree the general advice is dont START anything vigourous but if you are already doing it then it wont do much harm....just dont push yourself.  Keep running if you enjoy it.  A happy healthy mum is going to be so much better for a sticky bub,